novercal

no·ver·cal

 (nō-vûr′kəl)
adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a stepmother.

[Latin novercālis, from noverca, stepmother; see newo- in Indo-European roots.]
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novercal

(nəʊˈvɜːkəl)
adj
rare stepmotherly
[C17: from Latin novercālis, from noverca stepmother]
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Pakistan continues to hold a significant portion of Kashmir under its control and it has been meting out a novercal treatment to the people living here.
For years, the region of Gilgit Baltistan has been accorded a novercal treatment.
They have not just meted out a novercal treatment to the region but have introduced several draconian laws to govern the territory with extreme high handedness, according to the committee.
Lamenting the novercal treatment meted out to them by the authorities, locals asserted that hefty bills were being charged from them for limited hours of power supply with students and women who required the energy most are taking the toll of the mistreatment.
The authorities of Pakistan, who have always meted out a novercal treatment to the citizens of the region, exercise extreme high handedness whenever they sense a voice of dissent emerging from the region.
Summary: Muzaffarabad [Pakistan-occupied Kashmir], Mar 14 (ANI): People in Muzzafarabad of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) took to the streets protesting against the Pakistan establishment and WAPDA (Water and Power Development Authority of Pakistan), which at the behest of repressive bosses in Islamabad has been giving a novercal treatment to the people of the region by forcing them to live in dark by discriminating power supply.